I use Seche Clear for my base coat, two coats of polish, and Seche Vite as the top coat. I also make sure my nails are clean of any polish remover I have have used. My current manicure, which I did last Friday, only has one chip. I'm kinda shocked, but I'll take it. Oh, before I start with the base coat, I typically buff my nails with a light buffing pad I got from Sally Beauty.
Most people is pretty quiet right about now. Me, I see a stiff -- one I didn't have to kill myself -- I just get, the urge to, you know, do stuff. Like work out, run around, maybe get some trim if there's a willin' woman about... not that I get flush from corpses or anything. I ain't crazy.
Jayne ,'The Message'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
SuziQ - May 16, 2013 9:06:14 am PDT #22598 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Theodosia - May 16, 2013 9:16:37 am PDT #22599 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Jesse -- I'm trying not to get over-excited about a technical phone-screen interview tomorrow.
Much of the financial woe is My Own Fault -- I did think I had only three outstanding tickets not six!?! -- but it all seems to be hitting at once.
I do have money coming to me from Mom's estate that will get here sooner or later, so I suppose that can replace some of the savings I'm going to have to liberate. But the reason I did save for a rainy day was to have something when it rained, so OK.
-t - May 16, 2013 9:23:54 am PDT #22600 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
But the reason I did save for a rainy day was to have something when it rained, so OK.
Yeah, I keep telling myself that. But still, it's not pleasant watching your safety cushion get smaller.
Good luck with the interview!
I don't understand my nails. They seem extremely hard and I can use them as little screwdrivers in a pinch, but then they will break or tear for what seems like no reason. Currently they are short and uneven, filed to get rid of ragged edges but not shaped, no color or anything on them. Not impressive in anyway.
SuziQ - May 16, 2013 9:33:32 am PDT #22601 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I have an appointment tomorrow to talk with a guy about converting some VHS stuff I have to DVD. One tape has a few of K-Bug's birthday parties and it is so cute, I'm willing to ignore how I look.
The other tape is something my mom had converted from whatever the late 1930's/early 1940's filming standard was. It is the Coolidge Capers, home movies of my mom and her sister, plus my grandma and grandpa (I never met him). Most if it takes place is Sun Valley and is pretty cool stuff. But the music that is overlaid by whoever did the VHS conversion is HORRIBLE. Total synth hell. I'm not sure what I'd prefer...but I'm absolutely going to ask him to change the sound. I'm thinking something more evokotive of the time, not sure what though.
§ ita § - May 16, 2013 9:48:14 am PDT #22602 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have some VHS tapes I want to convert to digital, and when I was looking around it seemed cheaper to buy a unit and do it myself, even if I didn't eBay the converter when I was done. But I don't have any sound that needs replacing--just lots of capoeira sessions I want to keep forever and make myself miserable with.
SuziQ - May 16, 2013 10:02:15 am PDT #22603 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
From the preliminary talk I had with the guy, it is something like $10 a tape. I think I just have 2 to convert, so that is very do-able.
§ ita § - May 16, 2013 10:03:42 am PDT #22604 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have about 10, so I'm flinching.
SuziQ - May 16, 2013 10:04:40 am PDT #22605 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Watching the VHS, my mom and her sister were just playing on incredibly tall slides. The kind you KNOW they tore out in the 70s. Oh, and now they are going on a sleigh ride with 4 beautify black beauties pulling the sleigh.
Jessica - May 16, 2013 10:05:03 am PDT #22606 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Aw, I wish I still had a VHS deck lying around, I'd digitize Buffista memories for free! But we got rid of all of them when we moved offices a few years back.
SuziQ - May 16, 2013 10:08:02 am PDT #22607 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
We got rid of all our VHS movies and I only had the home movies left and a couple of unidentified tapes. Well, 2 of the mystery tapes had Buffy episodes - shocker - and the other had some K-Bug adorableness. The old stuff, it looks like I have 3 copies. I'm really hoping they are dups and not 3 separate home movies.